Seal structure and rotating machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10316679-B2
Application number	US-201515106935-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2015
Priority date	Jan 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A seal structure (2) for sealing a gap between a first structure body (10) and a second structure body (51). The seal structure includes: a peripheral surface formed on one of the first structure body and the second structure body; a plurality of seal fins (5) provided at intervals in the axial direction so as to form clearances (m) together with the peripheral surface and protrusions that form re-adhesion edges between pairs of axially adjacent seal fins; the re-adhesion edges being locations at which leak currents (SL) re-adhere that have passed through a clearance (mA) of an upstream seal fin; and the protrusions forming first cavities in which eddies (B1) are created that flow along the upstream seal fin toward the second structure body, and second cavities in which currents (B2) are created that cause a contraction current effect on a clearance (mB) of a downstream seal fin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seal structure for sealing a gap between a first structure body and a second structure body facing the first structure body in a radial direction and rotating relative to the first structure body around an axis line, the seal structure comprising:
a peripheral surface having a cylindrical shape and that is formed on one of the first structure body and the second structure body and is parallel to the axis line;
a plurality of seal fins that are provided in the other of the first structure body and the second structure body, protrude toward the peripheral surface, form clearances together with the peripheral surface, and are provided at intervals in the axis line direction; and
a protrusion that forms a re-adhesion edge, to which a leak current having passed through a clearance of an upstream seal fin readheres, between the seal fins adjacent to each other in the axis line direction, and that forms a first cavity where an eddy flowing along the upstream seal fin toward the peripheral surface is created, and a second cavity where a current causing a contraction current effect on the clearance by colliding against a downstream seal fin and flowing toward the clearance is created,
wherein the width of the downstream seal fin in the axis line direction is smaller than that of the protrusion in the axis line direction.

2. The seal structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protrusion includes a member having a disk surface that is connected to an upstream side of each of the seal fins and extends between the other structure body and the re-adhesion edge, and a cylindrical surface that is a surface of a cylinder concentric with the axis line extending between the re-adhesion edge and the seal fin, and having a cross section of rectangular shape when seen from a circumferential direction.

3. The seal structure according to claim 2 ,
wherein the re-adhesion edge of the protrusion is a protruding strip that protrudes from the cylindrical surface toward the peripheral surface and extends in the circumferential direction.

4. The seal structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the protrusion is a cylindrical member that is connected to the upstream surface of each of the seal fins and is concentric with the axis line extending between the re-adhesion edge and the seal fin, and that forms a third cavity where an eddy is formed between the protrusion and the surface of the other structure body.

5. The seal structure according to claim 4 ,
wherein a second protruding strip part, which protrudes toward the peripheral surface, extends in a circumferential direction and which promotes creation of an eddy created in the third cavity, is formed between the upstream seal fin and the re-adhesion edge in the axis line direction on the surface of the other structure body between the pair of seal fins adjacent to each other in the axis line direction.

6. The seal structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein a third protruding strip part, which protrudes toward the other surface, which extends in a circumferential direction, and which creates an eddy causing a contraction current effect on the clearance of the downstream seal fin in the second cavity, is formed between the upstream seal fin and the re-adhesion edge in the axis line direction on the surface of the peripheral surface between the pair of seal fins adjacent to each other in the axis line direction.

7. A rotating machine comprising:
the seal structure according to claim 1 .

8. A seal structure for sealing a gap between a first structure body and a second structure body facing the first structure body in a radial direction and rotating relative to the first structure body around an axis line, the seal structure comprising:
a peripheral surface that is formed on one of the first structure body and the second structure body and is parallel to the axis line;
a plurality of seal fins that are provided in the other of the first structure body and the second structure body, protrude toward the peripheral surface, form clearances together with the peripheral surface, and are provided at intervals in the axis line direction; and
a protrusion that forms a re-adhesion edge, to which a leak current having passed through a clearance of an upstream seal fin readheres, between the seal fins adjacent to each other in the axis line direction, and that forms a first cavity where an eddy flowing along the upstream seal fin toward the peripheral surface is created, and a second cavity where a current causing a contraction current effect on the clearance by colliding against a downstream seal fin and flowing toward the clearance is created,
wherein a third protruding strip part, which protrudes toward the other surface, which extends in a circumferential direction, and which creates an eddy causing a contraction current effect on the clearance of the downstream seal fin in the second cavity, is formed between the upstream seal fin and the re-adhesion edge in the axis line direction on the surface of the peripheral surface between the pair of seal fins adjacent to each other in the axis line direction.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys

Inventors

• NISHIKAWA Toyoharu
• Kuwamura Yoshihiro
• Oyama Hiroharu
• Tanaka Yoshinori
• Nishimoto Shin
• Matsumoto Kazuyuki
• Uehara Hidekazu

Classifications

• F01D9/02

  Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits {, e.g. individual nozzles (nozzle boxes F01D9/047)} · CPC title

• F05D2250/75

  given by its similarity to a letter, e.g. T-shaped · CPC title

• F16J15/44

  Free-space packings · CPC title

• F01D5/225

  by shrouding · CPC title

• F01D11/08

  for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator (specially-shaped blade tips therefor F01D5/20) · CPC title